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2000 rally in Perth

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — On March 19, 2000 people attended an emergency anti-war protest called on four hours notice. Anti-war sympathisers employed by the Perth City Council organised access to electrical power for the protest, and a

Loose Cannons

Itching for Gulf War III "We suddenly discover that Iran is much further along, with a far more robust nuclear weapons development program than anyone said it had." — US Secretary of State and UN slide shows Colin Powell, March 13. Practicing

The reliability of our news media during war

BY ROBERT ALCOCK Now war is declared, the ball game of news reporting will change. All material gathered in and around the conflict will be subject to US scrutiny and if you don't sign the Pentagon agreements, then pack your bags quickly.

Antiwar movement in Launceston defiant

BY KAMALA EMANUEL LAUNCESTON — A defiant 300-400 people rallied and marched in Launceston on March 22 against war on Iraq, despite media attempts to portray protesting now the war has begun as futile. United Nations Association President Margaret

450 protest war in Wollongong, March 21

BY MARG PERROTT WOLLONGONG — On March 21, 450 people turned out for an anti-war rally in the city mall. Speakers included, Michael Organ (Greens MP for Cunningham), Jennie George (Labor MP, Throsby), Terry Fox (ex-Catholic priest and activist for

Iranian asylum seekers may face forced return

BY SARAH STEPHEN On March 12, an immigration department media release announced that the Australian and Iranian governments had signed a memorandum of understanding to "promote the legal and mutually beneficial movement of people between the two

Rachel Corrie: 'We are all kids curious about other kids'

BY RACHEL CORRIE [The following are excerpts from an email to Rachel Corrie's family on February 7.] I have been in Palestine for two weeks and one hour now, and I still have very few words to describe what I see... I don't know if many of the

Ghoul power: Buffy sticks it to the system

BY JACKIE ESMONDE "I've always been a huge fan of horror movies. And I saw so many horror movies where there was that blonde girl who would always get herself killed. I started feeling bad for her. I thought, it's time she had a chance to 'take

Why we should continue to march

BY PIP HINMAN As the US-led war on Iraq began in earnest on March 20, the mass outpouring of anger across the world surprised even some seasoned campaigners. In Australia, around 90,000 people took their protest to the streets in all the

Western Sydney protests

BY MICHAEL DE WALL SYDNEY — Just two days before Prime Minister John Howard officially backed the US ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, residents of western Sydney were among thousands of hopeful protesters gathering at anti-war rallies on March

Australia's troop commitment protested

BY ALISON DELLIT Protesters in many cities reacted to the events of March 18 — the announcement by PM John Howard that Australian troops had been committed to a war against Iraq, and US President George Bush's designed-to-fail ultimatum to Saddam

Solidarity pledged for Timorese refugees

BY GILLIAN DAVY MELBOURNE — Applications for refugee status by some 1700 East Timorese people, who have been living in Australia for up to a decade, are being systematically rejected by the Refugee Review Tribunal. Unless the federal government